Well, last night is really not the way we would like for the second half to have started. But hey I mean, if you are going to go down, might as well go down memorably, right? The Hawks became the first team this season to go an entire quarter without making a field goal, going 0-16 from the field in the 3rd quarter. Ouch.

Ok, so let's just put that baby to rest and look ahead. Despite the loss, the Hawks still finished 3-2 on their five-game road trip, and if you had told me that before the start of it, I'd probably have danced some type of celebratory jig.

Now though comes the hard part. The next six games offer up arguably the toughest stretch of the season - home tonight to the Spurs, home to the Rockets on Friday, home to the revenge-minded Suns on Sunday (6:00 pm start!), followed by a three-game road trip through West-leading Dallas, Chris Paul and the Hornets, and finishing at Southeast Division-leading Washington. If we can get to .500 on this stretch, then I honestly believe we have a shot at a playoff spot, no foolin.

The Spurs present, obviously, a stern task tonight. They crushed the Nuggets last night at home, and sport the league's third-best road record. Obviously, it's going to take a total team effort tonight to get a victory.

However, if the team has show one thing this season, it's an uncanny ability to play well against the league's best, as well as rebound from losses on the front end of a back-to-back. Four times this season the Hawks have dropped the first half of a back-to-back, only to win the second a night later (typically the tougher of the two games). Does that mean we will get a victory tonight? Who knows. But I think the team will come out to play tonight, in particular Joe Johnson, who was held under ten points for the first time this season last night in Chicago.

Come out to the game and support the team - especially if you are bald!